Spoon holder for bottles



Jan. 30, 1923. 1,443,861

- L. S. BARR.

SPooN HOL FOR LES. FILED 7, l I

LESTER STEWART BARR, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SPOON HOLDER FOB BOTTLES.

Application filed May 7, 1921. SerialNo, 467,705.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lns'rnn STEWART BARR, a citizen of the United States, residing in Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spoon Holders for Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates primarily to a novel construction of spoon holder for useon bottles such as those containing medicine, but it includes as an additional feature a corkscrew which serves a double purpose in the combination. It secures the spoon holding member in place on the bottle when the bottle is closed, and in combination with that spoon holding member it furnishes means for easily opening the bottle by removal of the cork when desired. The spoon holding member serves as the handle for turning the corkscrew for pulling out the stopper.

Interposed between the spoon holding member and the prong of the corkscrew there is a circular disk or cover plate extending over the cork and the upper end of the bottle neck, serving not onlythe purpose of protecting them, but aiding in supporting the spoon in proper position. The spoon holding member includes an open top vertically arranged recess having sides spaced apart a suflicient distance to permit thenarrow part of the spoon handle adjacent the bowl to pass down between them, and they are preferably made yielding in order to exert some side clamping pressure on the handle of the spoon to hold it securely in place. This structure not only permits the spoon to be easily and quickly placed in or removed from the holder without any side pressure. tending to tip thebottle over, but holds the spoon when in place in such position that it will substantially balance and have no tendency to tip the bottle, and will project laterally over the bottle only the minimum amount made necessary by its length. The novel features will be more fully understood from the following description and claims taken with the drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of one embodiment of the invention separate from the bottle.

Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Figure 1 through the spoon holder part of the device and its cover plate omitting the spoon and showing the device attached to a cork in place in a bottle, the neck of which is shown in section.

In the preferred form of the invention.

shown in the drawings, the spoon holding member 10 consists in a strip of resilient metal with its central portion 11 substan tially flat and straight with the projecting sides 12 and 13 bent upward in'U-form from the base 11, and the upper ends are then bent inward and downward as at 14 and 15 to a point near-the base 11 spaced apart a distance suflicient to receive the narrow part of the spoon handle between them entering; from the top. It will be noted that the bends at the end of the U form rounded surfaces which assist inguiding the spoon into placeand the downwardly extending facing parts 14 and 15 are preferably slightly inclined towards each other from the upper end to the lower end. Owing to their resiliency and spring action, they will exert slight clamping pressure on the spoon handle to hold it in position and where a strip of some width is used as shown, the surface of contact will begreater than would be the case with a wire, and will thus'hold thespoon more securely. 1

Immediately below the spoon holding member 11 there is a circular disk 16 made of metal or suitable material, extending out over the top of the cork and bottle neck, and preferably curved a little downward at the outer margin. A corkscrew 17 has a shank portion 18 extending upwardly through central openings in the disk 16 and the base portion 11 of the spoon holder, and is provided with means for engaging the upper surface of the member 11 and the lower surface of the disk 16 to rigidly hold the parts tween the parts 14 and 15 in the position shown in Figure 1, where the bowl of the spoon is near one side of the spoon holding member and the end of the handle projects on the opposite side. The upper surface of the disk 16 may be used to partially support the spoon and prevent turning 1n 2. vertical plane. It will be observed that the spoon holding member is used as a handlefor the corkscrew and the arrangement is such that the spoon may be easily and accurately placed in position where there will be a substantial balance without possibility of mistake, and that the pressure ;necessary is in a vertical direction on the line of the bottle, which does not tend to tip'it.

Nhile I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be understood of course that it is not limited to this specific form further than is indicated in the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a spoon holding member having yielding parts with substantially straight facing contact surfaces extending up and down spaced apart a sufficient distance to receive between them from the top and "yieldingly engage the handle of'a spoon,

and a corkscrew rigidly connected to said member at its bottom serving to hold sa1d member in position on the bottle when said corkscrew is inserted in the cork thereof.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a spoon holding member having yielding parts with substantially straight facing contact surfaces extending up and down spaced apart a su'flicient distance to receive-between them from the top and yieldingly engage the handle of a spoon and a disk like cover plate for the upper end of a bottle neck below said member, and

a downwardly extending corkscrew having a shank rigidly secured to said member and cover plate.

In a device of the class described, the combination with a spoon holding member comprising a resilient strip of metal bent upwardly in U form with the free ends of the U turned back inwardly and down wardly to a point near the base of the U slightly inclined towards each other, and means at the center portion of the base of the U for use in securing the member to a bottle.

i. In a device of the class described, the combination with a spoon holding member comprising a resilient strip of metal bent upwardly in U form with the free ends of the U turned back inwardly and downwardly to a point near the base" of the U slightly in clined towards each other, 'a disk like metal cover for the neckof'the bottle fitting the lower surface of the'base of the U, and a corkscrew having a shank extending entirely through and secured to said disk and member and projecting downwardly there-- from.

5. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a spoon holding member comprising two upwardly extending parts having an open top slot like space between LESTER STEWART BARR. 

